en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_Legends:_Bang_Bang
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it was the first fully mobile-based MOBA with no direct competition
This is incorrect because mobile-only MOBAs such as Fates Forever and Vainglory were already on iPad/iPhone in 2014, well before Mobile Legends launched in 2016.
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The article says Mobile Legends was the first fully mobile-based MOBA, but multiple earlier games fit that description.
- Fates Forever was already a mobile MOBA on iPad by July 3, 2014. Pocket Gamer described it as a "mobile MOBA" and reported that it was available worldwide on iPad.
- Vainglory was already a mobile MOBA on iPhone and iPad in November 2014. TechCrunch and Pocket Gamer both described it as a MOBA for iPhone/iPad and gave its 2014 release timing.
Because these mobile MOBA games were already released roughly two years earlier, Mobile Legends was not the first fully mobile-based MOBA, and it therefore also did not arrive with "no direct competition."
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- Fates Forever, the long awaited mobile MOBA, is finally out worldwide on iPad | Pocket Gamer
Long awaited iOS MOBA Fates Forever has finally slipped out of soft launch mode and is now available world wide... you can grab Fates Forever from the App Store right now.
- Vainglory Launches On iPhone And iPad Later This Month | TechCrunch
Vainglory, the multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA)... Starting a week from today, Vainglory will arrive on the iPhone and iPad in Europe... On November 18, the game will roll out in North America...
- Vainglory, Super Evil Megacorp's mobile MOBA, is now available in the US | Pocket Gamer
Mobila MOBA Vainglory's staggered release continued last night when it went live in the North America... There are two versions, one for the iPad and one for the iPhone.
However, after the lawsuit from Riot Games in 2017, Moonton has removed the game from Google Play and re-released it as Mobile Legends: Bang Bang.
The timeline is backwards: Mobile Legends: Bang Bang was launched worldwide in November 2016, months before Riot filed its 2017 lawsuit.
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This sentence incorrectly ties the re-release as Mobile Legends: Bang Bang to Riot's 2017 lawsuit.
The chronology from available sources is:
- MOONTON says Mobile Legends: Bang Bang was launched worldwide in November 2016.
- Riot sued Moonton in July 2017. PocketGamer.biz reported the lawsuit on July 12, 2017.
So the game could not have been re-released as Mobile Legends: Bang Bang after the 2017 lawsuit if the Bang Bang version was already launched in November 2016. At most, the rename/re-release happened earlier, after pre-litigation store complaints—not as a consequence of the July 2017 lawsuit itself.
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- About Us,-Develop games and fun for players all over the world
2016 In November 2016, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang was launched worldwide and was listed in Google Play 2016 Best of the Year - Best Competitive Games.
- Riot Games sues Mobile Legends developer Shanghai Moonton Technology for copyright infringement | PocketGamer.biz
By Ric Cowley July 12, 2017... Riot also claims to have notified Google that Moonton was infringing on its copyright before, causing the developer to remove Mobile Legends: 5v5 MOBA from stores. However, it then re-released the game with a few minor changes under the name Mobile Legends: Bang bang.
While they were awarded some damages, they failed to have the game removed.
This is misleading: Riot's 2017 and 2022 copyright suits were dismissed, and the $2.9 million award came from a separate Tencent non-compete case against Moonton co-founder Xu Zhenhua, not from Riot's copyright lawsuits against Moonton.
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The sentence implies that Riot's copyright lawsuits against Moonton resulted in damages awards. The sources do not support that.
- Yahoo's report on the 2022 case says the Los Angeles federal court dismissed Riot's lawsuit and notes that the 2017 suit was also dismissed on forum non conveniens grounds.
- The same report explains that the 2018 US$2.9 million award was from a separate non-disclosure/non-compete lawsuit against Moonton co-founder Xu Zhenhua, not a copyright damages award against Moonton from Riot's 2017 or 2022 copyright cases.
So it is inaccurate to summarize the copyright suits as cases where Riot was "awarded some damages." The monetary award commonly cited came from a different case, against a different defendant, on a different legal theory.
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- Riot Games told by judge to settle dispute with Moonton over copyright in China, not US - Yahoo News Singapore
The Los Angeles Federal court has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Riot Games... A previous lawsuit filed in 2017 was dismissed on the same grounds of forum non-conveniens... Then in 2018, Tencent Holdings, Riot's parent company, won US$2.9 million in a lawsuit against Moonton co-founder Xu Zhenhua (the non-disclosure and non-compete lawsuit was against Xu for US$2.9 million, not against MOONTON Games as a whole).
- Riot Games sues Mobile Legends developer Shanghai Moonton Technology for copyright infringement | PocketGamer.biz
League of Legends developer Riot Games is suing mobile games developer Shanghai Moonton Technology for copyright infringement... Riot also claims to have notified Google that Moonton was infringing on its copyright before...
The first official esports competition held by Moonton was the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Southeast Asia Cup (MSC) in 2017.
Moonton says its first MLBB offline esports tournament was held in Indonesia in May 2017, before the first MSC in September 2017.
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MOONTON's own company history contradicts this sentence.
On its official "About Us" page, MOONTON says:
- In May 2017, it held the first Mobile Legends: Bang Bang offline esports tournament in Indonesia.
- In September 2017, it held the first MSC (MLBB Southeast Asia Cup).
That means MSC was not the first official esports competition held by Moonton; it was a later 2017 tournament after an earlier official MLBB esports event in Indonesia.
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- About Us,-Develop games and fun for players all over the world
2017 In May 2017, MOONTON held the first Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (MLBB) offline esports tournament in Indonesia. In September 2017, MOONTON held the first MSC (MLBB Southeast Asia Cup).